60 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Nengbe (nengbe) 

 nja-nengbe 



Nomi (nnmi) 



Water Plants 



Dena (dene) . . . . ? a kind of water-lily (Sch). From 



own information a tree, but 

 not described. 

 A water-lily. Leaf round kidney 

 .shape which floats on the watei'. 

 Flower six greenish bracts, 

 nine petals. Petals 1 J x | 

 inch, cluster of yellow stamens, 

 etc. {Niimpliaea lotus — Nym- 

 jyhaeaceae.) 

 A green sedge in fresh water. Also 

 moss. Also applied to green 

 sea-weed on the rocks. 



Nja-gb(jji (nja-gboji) . A water-lily. Leaves 2 feet x 2 



inches, smooth. Flowers white, 

 star-like. Big white bulb. 

 {HymenoralUs littoralis — Ama- 

 ryllidaceae.) Also called 

 Pupende. 



Pupende (pupende) . A water-lily. Leaf 3 feet x 2 inches, 



with strong tendency to fold 

 in two, which the foregoing 

 has not. Flower cup-shaped, 

 6 petals, no sepals, 6 stamens, 

 1 pistil. Petals white with 

 red stripe down centre of back. 

 {Crimim natan^^ — Amaryllida- 

 ceae.) 



Buhe (liuhe) . 

 Demo (demoi) 

 Koto (kutui) . 



Ferns 



Bracken [Pferis aqi/ilina — Fih'fe.<). 



A mossy climbing fern (Monrovia). 



The staghorn fern. Usually seen 

 high up on big trees, or on 

 fan palms before they have 

 strip})ed their fronds with old 

 age. {Platycrriuni uethiopicuin 

 — FHicex.) 



